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W. P. MACDONALD.

LABEL. APPLICATION FILED'FEB. 19. 1910.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

f.. i w04 E Will VVILSJN P. MACDONALD, 0F MONTREAL, QUEEEC, CANADA,

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNJIENTS, TO GENERAL BAKING COMPANY, OF NEW YRK, N. Y., A CORPO- RATON 0F NEW YORK.

LABEL.

Application filed February 19, 1910.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, llViLsoN l). MACDON- ALD, a subject of l-lis Majesty King Edward vVll', residing at Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful improvements in Labels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to labels and particularly to labels yto be applied to bakers products.

lt is the object of my invention to provide an inexpensive label of very simple construction which can be quickly applied to a pie or the like to indicate its kind, price, maker, etc., without injury' or any detriment to the structure or contents of the pie, and without liability of the label being displaced through handling the pie notwithstanding that it is not secured in the ordinary way by gum or the like. Heretofore it has been the custom to secure a label in the form of a band of paper completely around a pie which label bore the desired inscription, but such labels were frequently displaced or broken in handling or injured or destroyed by the contents of the pie.

My invention obviates the above objections and it consists of a label comprising a card of stiff sheet material such as cardboard, pasteboard, or the like, having an aperture near its middle in which is secured a spike that is adapted to be driven into a pie or the like to apply the label to the latter. The spike is tapering or pointed and formed near its large end with an annular groove of a width about equal to the thickness of the card and the perforation in the card is made smallerthan the body and head of the spike. In making my new label the spike is forced into the perforation in the card until the edge of the perforation springs into the groove between the head and body of the spike thus securely locking the two parts of the label permanently together.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a plan view of my new label; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is la plan view of the card detached; Fig. l illustrates a modification of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Having reference to the drawings, A is the card and B the spike of my new label. The spike is made from wood or the like with a round head connected by a cylindrical neck 2) with a body b2 which tapers toward its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rino'. 22, 1916.

Serial No. 544,828.

spike. rl`he card thus made is connected with spike B by forcing the body b2 through the perforation ai, the elasticity of the sheet material causing the edges of the perforation a to contract into the groove b3 as soon as the body of the spike has passed through it thus permanently and securely locking the spike and card together.

A feature of my invention consists in making the card A so much larger in diameter than the length of the spike B that when the label is dropped upon a pie er the like right side up the card holds the spike B in driving position and all that is necessary in order to drive spike B into the pie is a light tap of the hand upon the top of the label thereby enabling a labeler to work rapidly, dropping the labels upon the pies with one hand and driving the spikes into the pie with the other. rl`his is a feature of some value especially in large bakeries where a great many articles are to be labeled. The purpose of making the spike B of wood or the like is so that it will not bevacted upon by moist and sometimes acid illings to the detriment of the latter.

ln the form of my invention shown in Figs. l and 5 the body of the spike is made star-shaped in crossesection, that is, it is provided with a plurality of more or less sharp wings o* which cut into the material of the card A when the spike is forced into the perfor-ation a thereby producing liaps at the border of the perforation which spring together behind the wings and intoA the groove between the head and body of the spike, causing the border of the perforation a to fit the neck of the spike somewhat more closely than is the case with the form shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3.

The distinguishing peculiarities of my new label are that the card A is stiff enough to maintain its shape unassisted; only two parts are required, a spike and a card; the two parts are positively locked together and cannot become separated through ordinary handling and use, and although only a single spike is employed the card is proportioned and stii'l enough to hold that spike in driving position as described above.

What l claim isz- As a new article of manufacture, a label for pastry or the like comprising an integral wooden spike With an annular groove near one end, and a label card comprising an integral member having a thickness approximating the width oi' the groove and an opening corresponding to the diameter of the spike at the base Wall of the groove, the spike being tapered throughout the full length thereof beyond the rear surface of the label card, whereby to permit said spike to be 15 forced into the material throughout its full length to bind the card in immovable position on the surface of such material to be labeled.

Signed by me at Montreal, Province of 2G Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 11th day of February, 1910.

YVUJSON P. MwDONLD Vitnesses W. R. CHARLTON, C. D. JONES.

Copies of this-patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

